Saturday, June 9
Ben Landress, city manager for Martin Theaters, announced Friday that Brainerd Theater will be remodeled and re-equipped at a cost of $125,00 to $150,000 to exhibit the new type of motion picture – Cinerama.
Dr. Luther Joe Thompson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, has returned from San Francisco where he attended the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. He served as guest preacher in a revival meeting at the Bristol Street Baptist Church in Santa Ana, Calif., the week prior to the convention.
Sunday, June 10
Chattanooga’s first Industrial Exposition closed Saturday night with an estimated attendance of 25,000 people during the week in the Warner Park Field House. The show was described as an “outstanding success” by George T. Richardson, general chairman of the Industrial Committee of 100 of the Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the show. The slogan for the celebration was “What Chattanooga Makes – Makes Chattanooga.”
The management of Samuel Stamping & Enameling Co. has been placed in the hands of an executive committee composed of Aubrey L. Johnston, chairman, Mrs. W.R. Samuel, Charles M. Yeary, and James R. West, Jr., the board of directors announced Saturday. A new research and development center is opening to assist in expanding the line of products the company manufactures.
Monday, June 11
Dr. David A. Lockmiller, secretary of the National Home Study Council, Washington, D.C., and a former president of the University of Chattanooga, presented a lecture Monday on “Blackstone and Our Heritage of English Common Law,” at the fifth annual American Studies Institute at U.C.
Hamilton County District Attorney General Edward Davis has been elected president of the Attorney General Section of the Tennessee Bar Association at the annual convention of the state bar association in Nashville.
Tuesday, June 12
Gail White, Miss Chattanooga, has been selected as the official Miss Tennessee to compete with other beauties from all the states for the title of Miss USA and Miss Universe in the pageant July 11 and 12 in Miami.
Wednesday, June 13
The Chattanooga Board of Education on Wednesday officially approved preliminary plans and specifications for the new junior high school to be built in North Brainerd and authorized working drawings be prepared based on the initial plans. The new school fronting on Shallowford Road is expected to cost more than $1,000,000.
Patten Abshire was elected president of the Adult Education council on Wednesday to succeed L.J. Williams, Dr. J. Harbaugh of the University of Chattanooga, vice-president, and Josiah Baker, treasurer.
Thursday, June 14
Wilbur Seymour Lawson, retired textile man, died Wednesday morning at his home in the Mountain City Club.
Miller Bros. Co. was awarded a citation in New York on Wednesday for consistent presentation and distribution of manufacturers trade-marked products and for accomplishment in interpreting to the public the consumer benefits of the brand competitive system. The citation was accepted by Felix Miller, Jr., president of Miller Bros., which is now celebrating its 73rd anniversary as one of the leading merchandising facilities in this area.
Friday, June 15
Joe Engel, for 31 years executive director of the Chattanooga Lookouts, will be campaign manager for Wilkes T. Thrasher, Jr., to direct an 11-county campaign in the congressional state Democratic primary on Aug. 2.